Henry Nutt is not afraid of change. In fact, he may be its biggest advocate, at least at Southland Industries in Union City, California, where he is general sheet metal superintendent and bona fide lean construction advocate.
Southland Industries is...

The journal Science published the latest development in Michael Grätzel’s laboratory at EPFL: producing hydrogen fuel from sunlight and water. By combining a pair of solar cells made with a mineral called perovskite and low cost electrodes,...

A Chinese company has successfully 3D-printed a five-storey apartment building and a 1,100-square-meter villa from a special print material.
While architectural firms compete with their designs for 3D-printed dwellings, one company in China has...

The construction industry has no shortage of hazards, obvious and underlying. Airborne pollutants are a constant concern with comprehensive, evolving safety measures developed to mitigate the effects of things like silica and asbestos. Now there...

Canada is lucky to have a large supply of energy resources at its disposal. Compared to a lot of the world our energy is relatively inexpensive and is well distributed. Let’s look at a quick comparison: in 2013 the electricity rates in Denmark...

COLOGNE, Germany – Almost two-thirds of large supermarkets surveyed in northern and western European countries now use natural refrigerants in their stores, according to a new report issued by Carrier Commercial Refrigeration in Europe....